Daughter of God Week Day 3

Today is about self talk.  You know, the kind that we can either damage ourselves with, or build ourselves up with.  We are suppose to list 25 positive things about ourselves.

• I'm smart
• I'm crafty
• I'm a good friend
• I'm an amazing aunt
• I fulfill my callings
• I am kind
• I am sweet
• I'm funny
• I'm a good listener
• I can figure things out on my own.
• I try to help others
• I can do hard things
• I'm a lot of fun to be around
• I can dance
• I have great taste in shoes
• I will drop everything for a friend
• I love to read a good book
• I love to serve the young women in my ward
• I am compassionate
• I am brave
• I am strong
• I am a good sister
• I am a good daughter
• I can make things that bring people happiness
• I work hard
• I like to learn new things
• I have a desire to do what is right.

That was much more difficult than I thought it would be.  I think that it is often not the easiest thing to find the positive in yourself.  At least for me, it isn't.  I look around at all of the amazing people in my life and find my self comparing myself to them all of the time.  Instead of thinking, "oh, I do that well," I think, " man, I wish I was more like so and so."  I am going to try to recognize the positive things about me more often.

Daughter of God Week Day 2

Today in our journal entries, we are suppose to write down a list of the things that have brought us joy today.

• I'm alive
• I get to go to work and school
• I have a roof over my head
• I have enough food 
• I have amazing friends
• My family is healthy
•  I'm learning to do something that will bring me joy for years to come
• I work with a great group of people
• I get to serve my Heavenly Father in the Young Women's program, and now get to serve the young men and young women as their Sunday School teacher.

We are also suppose to write down a way that we can share joy with others.  When I think about this, the best way that I can truly share joy with someone is to share the gospel with them.  I can not begin to express to anyone the joy that it has brought me in my life.  To know that I am a child of God, and that there is a plan for me has consoled me when there is more than I think I can handle, and brought me so much peace.  In those quiet moments I feel the Saviors love, and that peace comes.  Tender mercies are all around us.  If the Gospel of Jesus Christ has brought those things into my life, I know that they will do the same for someone else.  That is where my true joy lies.

Daughter of God Week

We began the Daughter of God week today in Young Women's.  As a leader in this program, I want nothing more for our young women to to understand and to know that they are daughters of God.  I know that this is where my worth lies.  I know that I am the daughter of a loving Heavenly Father, and because I know that, I can get through all of the hard things that come my way in this life.  We have been encouraged to participate this week, and I plan to blog about my thoughts, feelings and experiences.

The letter below is the activity for day one.  As we read it, we are suppose to be thinking and praying about whether Heavenly Father really listens to us and is there for us.  I am really grateful for the opportunity to focus on this this week.

DAY 1: Letter from Your Father

I remember well the day you left my side, wandered through the veil, and ventured forth to

fulfill your earthly mission. I had a tear in my eye as I clothed your spirit in a cloak of love

and sent you off to school. Be assured that my thoughts are with you now, and always will

be.

I love you with all of my heart. I know your life, the good, the bad, your grief, your

disappointments, your unrewarded efforts, your frustrations. But always remember all that I

have is yours if you will only come home again.

My daughter, realize that in you I have placed a bit of heaven. No one was excluded. I love

all of my children. You have some blessed gift, some talent, some little part of me in you.

Search for it, develop it, use it, and most importantly, share it with others. If you really love

me, then help others find themselves and lead them to me.

Daughter, cease you idle contentions. Be a peacemaker, for it breaks my heart to see many of

my children fighting. If they could only see what I have hoped, planned, and desired for them.

My heart breaks as I watch them. But you, my faithful daughter are my hope. It is through

you that my work must proceed. There is so much work to be done. I beg you to get started.

Accomplish the mission I gave to you before you left me. I will help you. I’ll never be too busy

or too far away to come to you. I’m always near you, more than you might suspect.

Come to me often in prayer. I love to talk to you my sweet daughter. I love to hear what is

going on in your day. The good. The bad. Be diligent in my work and my kingdom shall be

yours. I’d love to take you in my arms, but I too, must patiently wait for that time to come.

Till then, I leave you my peace, my blessings, my love, and my hope that you will never forget

that I am with you always whenever you need me. Please remember that.

I love you and miss you more than you know and I am looking forward to your return to me

someday.

All my love,